Trump: Haspel Attacked For Being ‘Too Tough On Terrorists’

on May 1, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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President Donald Trump defended his CIA director nominee Monday, saying that Gina Haspel has been attacked for being “too tough on terrorists.”

Haspel is set to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, during which questions about her participation in a Bush-era torture program will be raised. She reportedly considered backing out of the process on Friday due to the likely tough questioning.

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  1. It sure does get old hearing this ignorant sadist talk about torture. It really, really gets old.

  2. U.S. citizens are being apprehended and detained by our intelligences services. Many are then denied due process under our laws and the Constitution, suffering indefinite confinement with no representation or prospect of trial. I’d like the committee reviewing her nomination to ask her opinion of the nation’s right to deny its citizens due process and a speedy trial, as guaranteed by the Constitution.

  3. Seems to me, Trump is hoping of stirring up a torture argument nationally to distract from the constant stream of bad news coming his way.

    sighs

    If only our press was capable of holding several conversations at once.

  4. Chuck Todd needs to ask Newt Gingrich’s take on all this. I’m sure NBC thinks it’s relevant.

  5. Yes, Donnie, you can be too tough on terrorists. Torture does not work. That’s been known for centuries.

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